The State of Santa Marija is a gargantuan, efficient nation, remarkable for its burgeoning deer population. The hard-working, democratic population of 17.563 billion Santa Marijans enjoy frequent elections, which are uniformly corrupted by big-spending corporations buying politicians who best suit their interests.

The relatively small, moralistic, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Healthcare, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Capital Heights. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 12.4%.

The very strong Santa Marijan economy, worth 960 trillion betales a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Pizza Delivery industry, with major contributions from Retail, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is 54,701 betales, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 167,103 per year while the poor average 13,879, a ratio of 12.0 to 1.

Santa Marija has designated Capital Heights as its capital city. Crime is moderate, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Santa Marija's national animal is the deer.

Santa Marija is ranked 132,554^th in the world and 6^th in Galapagos for Most Primitive, scoring -43.59 on the Scary Big Number Scale.